2006 NEWS

Dr. David E. Rothstein & Dr. Zhao Qing, Michigan State Univ. USA, made a 3-Day Visit in SAUJune 6 -- 9, 2006 They came for an academic exchange and Dr. Rothstein delivered a lecture "Forestry Soil Biology Geography Chemistry & Soil Carbon". A two-side talk was held to discuss a long period cooperation in research of the upper reaches of the Changjiang River .

Experts from Japan visited SAU May 31, 2006 Prof. Susumu Terakawa and Dr. Takashi Sakurai of Phototherapy Medical Research Center of Hamamatsu University School of Medicine of Japan came to SAU for an academic discussion about how to get and label signals in live cells.

Canadian experts gave lectures at SAU May 23--26, 2006 Prof. Gauri S.Mittal, Food Engineering College of Guelph Univ. Canada , gave 3 lectures in SAU:
1."Edible Packaging for Meat, Leafy Vegetables, Herbs and Cookies to Replace Expanded Polystyrene"
2."Novel Technologies for Food Processing"
3."Pasteurization of Fruit Juice and Milk Using Low Energy Pulsed Electric Field & Hurled Technology"
Relative teachers and postgraduates of SAU showed great interest and had exchanges with the lecturer.

Consul General of Chengdu German Consulate General Came to SAUMay 19, 2006Mr. Guo Simao, the consul general, and Ms. Guo, escorted by a group of officials led by Mr. Xu Xing, the head of European-American Bureau of Sichuan Provincial Foreign Affairs, visited SAU. They were welcomed by the German returnees of the university and our leaders attended the meeting in ceremony. The Consul General couple and the other guests were showed around the campus, visited the exhibition hall of the school and had talks with the German returnees.
Guo said that he is made a very deep impression of SAU for we have too many German returnees. He believes that SAU and universities of Germany could have great potential of cooperation in the fields of agricultural products, non-staple foods and education. The relationship between SAU and Germany will be greatly improved.
President Wen (SAU) spoke highly of the job having been done by the Chengdu German Consulate General since it was set up. All guests gladly received souvenirs presented by the president and quite agreed with the president's idea to enhance academic and economic co-operations. Respectively the Consul changed ideas with Prof. Deng Liangji (Vice-Secretary of the University Party Committee), Prof. Zhu Qing (Vice-President of the University) and Prof. Yang Wenyu (Vice-President of the University).

Dr. David Gilstrsp , Michigan State Univ. USA, Came to Inspect the Teaching Conditions of Sino-America Turf Science Program of SAU May 16 -- 18, 2006 Dr. David Gilstrsp, "Mr. Coordinator" of Sino-America Turf Science Program, came to inspect the teaching conditions of Sino-America Turf Science Program of SAU and did preparation work for the coming American semester in the fall. He was deeply impressed and greatly satisfied when visited the school farm, the turf science labs and the experiment base and s howed around the campus.